Creative programs that transform lives
Media
2021
- Media Release: Singing the blues away – Singing in the national With One Voice choir programs alleviates depression, loneliness and social isolation…
- Media Release: With One Voice $10k seed funding grants – Round 15 OPEN NOW
2020
- Interview with Tania de Jong AM – Nightlife, ABC Radio National
- Media Release: With One Voice $10k seed funding grants – Round 14 Open NOW
- Interview with Cath Mundy from WOV Brisbane – Mornings on ABC Brisbane (starts at 2:08), June 2020
- Singing the praises of an online choir during lockdown – Mojo News, May 2020
- Disability support providers move online to help clients feel connected during coronavirus isolation – SBS, April 2020
- Interview with Tania de Jong AM – VOCE Dialogues podcast, April 2020
- Interview with Tania de Jong AM – The Courageous Life podcast, April 2020
- Interview with Cath Mundy from WOV Brisbane – Sunday Extra, ABC Radio National, April 2020
- Media Release: Singing Through the Storm – Creativity Australia, April 2020
- That __ changed my life: Singing – Beyond Blue, January 2020
- With One Voice Break O’Day Choir fostering positivity and inclusion – The Examiner, Jan 2020
2019
- Media Release – Round 13 Grants Available – November 2019
- Song Goes On With Spirit – Sunraysia Daily – Oct 2019
- With One Voice Round 12 – Seed Funding Grants Press Release – Sept 2019
- With one voice: the community choir giving a voice to those in aged care – Aged Care Insite Magazine – Aug 2019
- When hitting the right note can change lives – The Age/Sydney Morning Herald Weekend Magazine – June 2019
- Sing for joy and togetherness – Ballarat Times – May 2019
- Choir in tune with society – Sunraysia Daily – May 2019
- New choir for singers of all-abilities – Ballarat Courier May 2019
- New Choir Launched – Midland Express – April 2019
- How to Get to Do Re Mi – Sunday Mail – March 2019
- With One Voice Fundraising & Philanthropy Magazine – March 2019
- Group Awarded $10,000 for Choir – The Examiner – February 2019
- Media Release – Round 9 Grants Available – February 2019
- Media Release – Community Grants Awarded – January 2019
2018
- Earth Wind & Choir – Big Issue Magazine Dec 2018, Katherine Smyrk on With One Voice Choirs
- Healing Songs – Geelong Advertiser, Dec 2018
- 12 Reasons to Make Singing Your Happiness Drug – MindBrained Think Tank with lead article by Tania de Jong, December 2018
- Changing the World, Once Voice at a Time – RACQ Magazine, The Road Ahead, Dec 2018
- Singing for Community Unity – SBS News Piece on the With One BIG Voice Concert Dec 2018
- Media Release – Round 9 Seed Funding Grants NOW OPEN, November 2018
- Saturday afternoon with Jennie Lenman, Interview with Tania de Jong, November 2018
- Interview with Michelle Byrne With One Voice Kingston Park, Adelaide conductor – ABC Radio Adelaide, November 2018
- Fletch finds his voice – Herald Sun, November 2018
- Choir Gives Voice to our Needs – Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader, November 2018
- Giving a Voice to Our Needy – Manningham Leader, November 2018
- Giving Voice to Our Needs – Moreland Leader, November 2018
- Community Choir Makes a Big Noise Over Anniversary – The Senior, October 2018
- Inspirational Melburnian – Tania de Jong AM and the With One Voice Choir, Interview with Peter Mitchell on Channel 7 News, October 2018
- 10 Minutes with Tania de Jong AM. RACV Magazine (Pg10), October 2018
- Saturdays with Hilary Harper. Interview with Tania de Jong, October 2018
- Brainwaves. 3CR. Interview with Tania de Jong, October 2018
- Evenings with Christine Anu. Interview with Tania de Jong AM, October 2018
- Media Release_Ten years of changing the world one voice at a time, September 2018
- Media Release – Round 8 Seed Funding Grants. September 2018
- Tania de Jong AM Press Release – Accolades flood in for Aussie singing social entrepreneur! September 2018
- Two programs aim to improve resident outcomes through music and singing. Australian Ageing Agenda, August 2018
- Community choirs helping people connect, ABC National Radio, August 2018
- One voice funding helps breaks down isolation, Seniors News – August 2018
- Round 6 winners announced and Round 7 now open , July 2018
- Singing – the universal language of the heart , The Get more success show with Warrwick Merry CSP, June 2018
- Closing soon grants up to $10,000 Media Release, May 2018
- Everybody sing now, BNE Magazine, May 2018
- Finding their voice, Herald Sun, April 2018
- Loneliness and the growing social isolation of work, Best Practice, ABC Radio National, March 2018
- Reflections on 3MBS, Interview with Tania de Jong AM, March 2018
2017
- Change your brain in 2018! Press Release, Jan 2018
- Why choirs are the new after work drinks – ArtsHub, Andrea Simpson, November, 2017
- Be part of the solution to the modern-day epidemic: seed funding available to start With One Voice program – June 2017
- MiNDFOOD Radio: Tania De Jong – March 2017
- How Sing for Good raised $195000 since 2014 -Fundraising & Philanthropy Magazine March 2017
- Convincing the tone deaf they can sing – ABC Radio March 2017
- 2GB interview with Founder Tania de Jong: How singing can change your life – February 2016
- All for one and one for all – With One Voice: The Senior – February 2017
- Conductor Development Program – February 2017
- Sing for Good 2017 Media Statement – February 2017
- Community winners announced and round two of seed funding is now open – February 2017
2016
- With One Voice – December 2016
- Creativity Australia receives the 2016 Melbourne Award for Contribution to Community by a Community Organisation & invites local communities to apply for seed funding to start their own With One Voice choir. November 2016
- Creativity Australia wins Melbourne Award for Contribution to Community by a Community Organisation, November 2016
- Sing for Good 2016 unites Australia and the world through song, July 2016
- Grants available to start your own With One Voice program, Oct 2016
- Tania De Jong AM – Singer. Speaker. Entrepreneur. Inspiration, Podcast interview with The Bucket List Guy , June 2016
- The world’s most innovative thinkers are coming to Melbourne for Ci2016 June 2016
- Creativity is the most important attribute for NFP leaders – Third Sector
- Opinion: Inclusive leadership, diverse voices and entrepreneurship key to innovation – Third Sector
- Diversity and inclusion creates innovative mojo – Australian Financial Review, Tania de Jong AM
- Cessnock choir enters Sing For Good competition – Cessnock Advertiser
- Award finalists confirm Victoria as leader in health promotion – Creativity Australia named as finalist in VicHealth Awards, ‘Improving Mental Health’ category
- Singing, the best drug of all! – Tania de Jong AM
- Why you should sing to de-stress – ArtsHub
- Why singing is good for you – Alan Fletcher
- Legends band together to sing for good – Brimbank Leader
- One Voice choir members participate in World Singing Day – by Aimee Heckel
- With One Voice Geelong community choir on song with growth – Geelong Independent
- Jennifer Hansen interviewed on Sing for Good – Smooth FM
- How group singing promotes health and wellbeing – vicdoc October 2015, p. 28 by Dr Woolf
- Alan Fletcher interviewed on Sing for Good – Denis Walter, 3AW
- Marty Rhone interviewed on Sing for Good – David and Sue, JOYFM
- Does singing keep the mind young? – WYZA, Health & Wellbeing
- Singing is an active form of meditation – Tania de Jong AM for Meditation Freedom Podcasts
- A Culture of Innovation the Key to Success – Spark Mag
- How singing together changes the brain – Per Bristow, The Singing Zone
- Sing for Good with Cath Mundy and the choir – ABC 612 Brisbane
- Tania de Jong AM discusses Creativity Australia’s Sing for Good campaign – 720 ABC Perth
- Tania de Jong, Folding Umbrellas & Our Primitive Instinct To Sing Together – Simply Music International
- Singing can make us happier, healthier, smarter and more creative– 2UE
- Tania de Jong AM interview with Kellman On CliffCentral, South Africa, August 2015 – Kellman on CliffCentral, South Africa
- ‘How to tell powerful stories’ with Tania de Jong AM – Voice America
- ‘Innovation and song bring communities together’ – Third Sector Magazine
- ‘Marg and daughter unite ‘With One Voice” – DPS News
- ‘It’s Never Too Late: to raise your voice and lift your heart’ – Hazel Flynn, Reader’s Digest
- ‘What the arts can learn from Silicon Valley’ – Tania de Jong AM, ArtsHub
- ‘Do we need a new approach to the social sector?’ – Brad Howarth
- ‘International Women’s Day 2015: Celebrating the voice of Melbourne women‘ – Hannie Rayson, The Age Spectrum
- ’10 Reasons to Make Singing Your Happiness Drug!’ – Huffington Post
- Tania de Jong AM interviewed by Orietta Wheatley – 3ZZZ ‘Women’s World’
- ‘Sing Your Little Heart Out’ – ABC24 Sunday Arts (TV)
- 2014 Melbourne Awards Finalists – City of Melbourne
- ‘Ice Buckets, Moustaches… and Choir Singing?‘ – PR Wire
- ‘Interview with Tania de Jong AM’ – Institute of Creative Health
- ‘Sing For Spring’ – Radio National, Life Matters
- ‘Big Community Sing’ – Timeout
- ‘Singing For Peace’ – Australian Jewish News
- With One Voice Brisbane live from the Brisbane Writers’ Festival: Reasons To Be Optimistic – ABC 612
- ‘Join Creativity Australia’s Community Singing in Sydney‘ – Weekend Notes
- ‘Twenty voices sing for twenty years‘ – Aged Care Online
- ‘Choir group is music to community’s ears‘ – Dandenong Leader
- ‘Singing My Heart Out’ – Mike Bruce, Courier Mail
- ‘Too many sickies? Get your staff to sing daily’ – BRW
- ‘The sounds of the Soweto Gospel Choir‘ (including interview with Cath Mundy, Conductor, With One Voice Brisbane) – ABC 612 Afternoons
- Sing for Spring Call For Entries – Arts Access E-News
- ‘How do you encourage creativity at work?’ – In The Black
- ‘The Neuroscience of Singing’ – Music Notes News
- ‘Waltzing Matilda: Flash mob takes over No. 96 tram’ [Sing for Spring] – Melbourne Weekly Review
- ‘Singing for mental health: why song is great for the brain‘ [Sing for Spring] – Yahoo!7 Lifestyle
- Ockham’s Razor: The Neuroscience of Singing (Tania de Jong AM & Robyn Williams) – Radio National
- Tania de Jong AM: Kudos for being a Social Impacter (Winter 2014) – CBA Women In Focus
- 2UE Interview: Tania de Jong AM with Clive Palmer – 9 June 2014
- ‘St Kilda Sings’ – St Kilda Times, article by Jo Smith
- ‘Changing the world, one voice at a time…‘ – The Order Magazine
- Kel promotes the With One Voice Sydney film night and birthday – 2GB Radio with Glenn Wheeler
- ‘HR Lessons from Willy Wonka’ – Human Capital Magazine
- ‘Choir on recruitment drive for new voices’ – Frankston Leader
- ‘Soprano on a mission’ – Sydney Morning Herald
- ‘First concert for new Altona Meadows choir’ – Hobsons Bay Leader
- ‘Singing from the heart: Sydney Sings choir’ – Australian Geographic (article with video)
- ‘With one voice they sing it loud’ – Mx Brisbane
- ‘With One Voice Sydney | Steps Gig & Open Rehearsal’ – Sydney Chic
- ‘Raise your voice – and your spirit’ – The Senior News
- ‘It’s time for an old time sing-a-long – the With One Voice choir is coming to Brisbane’ – Evenings with Rebecca Levingston, 612 ABC Brisbane
- Tania de Jong on Wake Up – Channel Ten TV
- Tania de Jong AM interview on creativity – The Shtick (TV) part one / part two
- ‘With One Voice stays in tune with the community’ – Brisbane Times
- ‘With One Voice stays in tune with the community’ – Sydney Morning Herald
2013
- Listen to With One Voice Sydney’s Live Christmas Party with Glenn Wheeler – 2GB
- ‘Stressed this season? Sing it off, says neuroscience’ – Generosity Magazine
- ‘Job Skills Are Alive with The Sound of Music‘ – Pro Bono Australia
- ‘A Soprano’s Tips for Unlocking Creativity’ – Smarter Business Ideas
- ‘Inspiring People To Find Their Voice’ – Australia Unlimited
- ‘Heidelberg Sings’ – Heidelberg Leader
- ‘Our Community Sings’ – Progress Leader
- ‘St Kilda Sings’ – Port Phillip Leader
- ‘Garden Open Day’ – Frankston Standard Leader
- ‘Frankston Sings’ – Frankston Standard Leader
- ‘Greater Dandenong Sings’ – Dandenong Leader
- ‘One Voice, Many Stories’ – The Weekly Review
- ‘Song and Supper’(St Kilda Sings Soiree) – Port Phillip Leader
- ‘Melbourne Awards 2013 Finalists Announced’ – City of Melbourne
- ‘Power of the voice’ – In The Black Magazine (PDF/online)
- ‘The lost art of singing’ – by Tania de Jong, Jewish News
- ‘Find your voice, and a whole lot more’ – Burwood Bulletin
- ‘Big concert’ – Heidelberg Leader
- ‘With One BIG Voice Gala Concert’ – Annecto
- ‘Melbourne Sings On Song’ – Melbourne Times (Weekly Review)
- ‘Sing Your Story Footscray’ & ‘With One BIG Voice Gala Concert’ – Shout! Magazine, Community Music Victoria
- ‘Voices carry’ – Time Out Melbourne Magazine
- ‘With One BIG Voice’ – UTimes
- ‘Main Event: With One BIG Voice‘ – p.83 Royal Auto Magazine (also published online)
- ‘Hundreds tune up for harmonious singalong‘ – Geelong Advertiser
- ‘Choir accolade‘ – Port Philip Leader
- ‘With One BIG Voice‘ – Time Out Online
- ‘Choir draws folk together‘ – Progress Leader
- ‘Find your voice‘ – Progress Leader
- ‘Chicks lunch‘ (Frankston Sings gig) – Mornington Peninsula Leader
- ‘St Kilda Sings‘ – Stripfest E-News
- ‘St Kilda Sings: Community Project Profile‘ – City of Port Phillip News
- ‘Multicultural March‘ – Civic Magazine, Municipal Association of Victoria
- ‘Transforming Lives Through the Power of Song’ – Annual Local Government Yearbook (cover and pages 60-63)
- ‘Footscray Sings praises new home, sweet home‘ – Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay Weekly
- ‘Find your voice at Footscray Sings‘ – Footscray Life
- ‘Creativity Australia choirs sing for harmony in 2013‘ – Australian Local Government Association Newsletter
- Interviews with Melbourne Sings choir members Chinese characters/English characters/Simplified Chinese characters – SBS Radio
- ‘Diverse harmonies entertain on Harmony Day’ – Radio Australia
- ‘Shaun Islip: Everyone can sing’ Chinese interface/English interface – SBS Radio
- ‘Jenny’s the choir queen’ – Mornington Peninsula Leader
- ‘Preaching to the choir’ – Boroondara Review
- ‘Sing for harmony in 2013‘ – Victorian Multicultural Commission Newsletter
2012
- ‘Singers Off The Street’ – City Sydney News
- ‘Dandenong Choir In Tune For Big Concert’ – Dandenong Journal
- ‘With One Voice: Singing for Social Inclusion’ – VECCI’s BE magazine
- ‘400 unite for Creativity Australia concert’ – Melbourne Leader
- ‘Warming Up To Sing With One Big Voice’ – Maribyrnong Leader
- ‘Choir Overcoming The Odds’ – Geelong Leader
- ‘Raise it Up’ – Dandenong Journal
- ‘Concert to cross social boundaries’ – Bayside Leader
- ‘Heidelberg Choir Gives Voice To All’ – Heidelberg Leader
- ‘Five best places to fuel the body, fire up your brain and nurture the spirit – Tania de Jong’ – Agenda City Melbourne
- ‘A Melbourne Singer Makes A Difference – Tania de Jong Interview‘ – New Land Magazine
- ‘Sydney Sings – Tania de Jong Interview’ – 702 ABC Radio Sydney
- ‘Sydney Choir Makes It’s Debut’ – ABC Radio PM Program
- ‘Sydney’s song to add earthy note to high-flown global hymn’ – SMH
- ‘Hume Choir Gives Community a United Voice’ – Hume Leader
- ‘Getting those good vibrations’ – SMH
- ‘Talking business building & creativity – Tania de Jong’ – Small Business Big Marketing
- With One Voice: Hume Sings! – Hume City Council
- ‘Community singing project aims to leave nation in top voice’ – SMH
- ‘Creation Road Interview featuring Tania de Jong AM’ – Creation Road Blog
- ‘With One Voice choir creates a harmony across society’ – The Telegraph
- ‘Hitting the high notes’ – Spark Magazine
- Local Lowdown – Tania de Jong – Melbourne Weekly
- ‘Giving voice to all with a song in their heart’ – Heidelberg Leader
- ‘Finding their voices, with no fear of failure’ – Whitehorse Leader
2011
- ‘Finding Harmony’ – Frankston Weekly
- ‘Choirs join for mass show’ – whereilive.com.au
- The Weekly Review – Kather’s exhibition
- ‘A rare glimpse of Afghanistan’s beauty’ – The Age
- ‘Introducing, on lead vocals…’ – Qantas Magazine, Deborah Tarrant
- ‘Big voice, big dream’ – In Private, ANZ Magazine
- ‘Sound of Music’ – Crosslight
- ‘St Kilda Sings thanks to With One Voice funding’ – Martin Foley MP
- ‘Choir offers voice of hope’ – Geelong Advertiser
- ‘Management must change to lift productivity’ – AFR, Steve Vamos
- ‘With One Voice – How community singing is transforming lives’ – Faye Michelson
- ‘New choir group about more than just singing’ – Progress Leader
- ‘Sing Along and Create Friendships’ – Heidelberg Leader
2010
- ‘A Life Less Ordinary’ – The University of Melbourne, Alumni ENews
- ‘Song on Islip’s lips’ (Footscray Sings) – Maribyrnong Star
- ‘Choir thriving on raising it’s voice’ – The Geelong News
- ‘Variety Valued in Song’– Melbourne Leader
- ‘With One Voice Tania de Jong wants Docklands to sing’ – 3008 Docklands Magazine
- ‘Forget shares: why not invest in your own creative capital?’ – The Age , Annali Knight
- ‘Finding your creative potential’ – Australia magazine, Tania de Jong
- With One Voice: Melbourne Sings – hiddendocumentary
- ‘The key to competitiveness? it’s all in our imaginations’ – AFR
- Tania de Jong’s Grandmother patented the foldable umbrella – then lost it
- ‘To Strike A Chord’ – Australian Financial Review
- ‘Choir Inspires Harmony’ – Dandenong Leader, Marion Joseph
- Article from Sameway Magazine, Leisure Section (Article in Chinese)
- ‘Note-worthy: One Melbourne choir is in tune with diversity’
- ‘Unlocking Creative Potential in the Workplace’ – Third Sector News Magazine
- ‘Tania de Jong mixes a love of singing with management’ – The Australian
2009
- BrainLink’s Woman of Achievement Award Winner – Third Sector magazine
- ‘All Voices Welcome in Choir’ – Geelong Advertiser
- ‘Creative Leadership – A way out of the economic crisis’ – Tania de Jong AM
- ‘Best brains in the biz sing for their supper’ – The Age
- ‘A thriving arts sector is born from colleges like the VCA’ -The Age, Tania de Jong,
- ‘Singing the praises of creativity’ – Smart Company, Amanda Gome
- ‘Royal Auto ‘Big-noters’ – Interview with Tania de Jong
- ‘Spotlight on Creativity Australia’– NFP Management Magazine
- ‘Creativity and leadership’ – Studio Edirisa, Tania de Jong
